School Lunches and Reading Highlights Share Week
School news details weekly meals from February 5 to February 9 including Wieners and kraut fried chicken and tuna casserole. Reports show student progress with reading goals, writing, and a spelling contest results. Mentions include Paula Prins A in social studies and Olivia Kness with 21 books read this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroll
McWorthy
Hulme Paula Prins
Far East
Olivia Kness
Aleda McGinty
Holdgrafer
Maine
Morelli
Stephen Brock
Rhonet Fehler
Thompson junior high reports mix of classwork and sports results
Seventh graders work on book reports and passive voice conjugation while eighth graders present art and character summaries. Bulletin boards feature Illinois artists and Great Americans, with footprints highlighting courage honesty kindness and faith. January 25 Thomson Tig ers beat Milledgeville 24 23 in a close basketball game. James Hartman and Ronald Dykstra lead scoring efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
James Hartman
Ruth Hoff
Mazif James
Pialsu
Thomson Tigers
Milledgeville
Altho
Steve Stiles
Thomson
Ronald Dykstra
Linda Diephuis
Sunday Dinner Guests From Local Families
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter included Mr. and Mrs. Paul King and Eugene Williamson of Mr. Car roll, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Sword of Fulton, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Flickinger and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Potter
Paul King
Eugene Williamson
Mr. Carroll
Mrs. Forrest Sword
Fulton
Jack Flickinger
Chilren
Former Review Owner Elsie Frost dies in Grand Mound
Elsie Harker Frost 75 of Grand Mound Iowa died January 19 after a long illness at Gest nursing home. Funeral at Kelly funeral home with Rev Ken Kannenberg officiating followed by burial in Evergreen cemetery. She and her husband J W Frost co edited the Grand Mound Record and later sold Thomson Review. Survived by daughter Leurce Crosby sister Lyda Walker brother John. Preceded by husband parents three sisters two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Frost
Grand Mound
Gest
Kelly Funeral Home
Kannenberg
Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Elsie Harker
LeMars
James and
Rosina Harker
J. W
Carroll County Bonds Sales Exceed Quota in 1961
Carroll county residents bought 1,679,290 in series E and H United States savings bonds last year, led by F. E. Weidman. County quota for 1962 is 1,720,840. Illinois statewide sales reached 374,837,702, meeting 100.01 percent of its quota while beating 1960 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
United States Savings
F. E. Weidman
Mt. Carroll
Sevings
Illinois
Arnold J. Raven
The
Treasury
Two Thomson Men Assigned to Amarillo AFB Training
Lackland AFB Texas reports Airman Basic Howard L Prins and Fairman Basie Lawrence F Williams will attend technical training courses at Amarillo AFB Texas after completing basic training at Lackland. Prins, son of Albert and ? explores supply specialists while Williams, son of Richard B Williams, trains as an administrative specialist. both are York Community High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackland Afb
Tex
Thomson
Amarillo Afb
United States Air Force
Howard L. Prins
Albert Prins
Sunday Socials Across Fulton and Morrison
Thomson area residents hosted and visited relatives through the weekend. Families from Fulton Morrison Chadwick Peoria Milledgeville and Fair Haven shared meals and gatherings with grandparents and siblings including Warren Nice Merle Cate Isaac Decker and others in town.
Weekend Visitors and Local Travel Outings
DeWitt and Fulton area residents spent time with relatives across towns and states. The Paarman, Prins, and Shne families visited in DeWitt Cicero Fulton and Hampshire while Workman and Plumley hosted gatherings. Norman French traveled to Tucson with his parents for the winter. others stayed nearby. John Sloan visited Sterling with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Paarman
DeWitt
Iowa
Robert Plumley
Albert Prins
LeRoy Prins
Cicero
Kenneth von Huizen
Colleen
Fulton
Leslie Prins
Albert Shne
Hampshire
Merle Prins
Ronald Workman
John Root
Wm. Wagner
Bensonville
John
Hines Hospital
Robert Spencer
Lloyd Handel
Chadwick
Ned Spencer
Paul Strukhoff
Rs. M. J. Strukhoff
N. D. French
Norman
Manhattan
Kans
Tucson
Ariz
John Sloan
Mrs. L. E. Kindle
Sterling
Community Social Notes From Morrison and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Marvin Holesing spent Tuesday in Chicago where cattle were shipped. Mae Kustes and Amy Lewis visited Mrs Catherine Dickinson in Clinton. Victor Roggen dorf and family from Morrison visiting Gus Roggendorf. Marvin Holesinger and family visited Morrison with her parents Henry Zuiden. Helen Brenneman and Lawrence Holmquist of Hampton dined with the Mervin Hall family. Roy Heitman and family were dinner guests of the Mervin Marshalls. James Nienkark family from Wacker visited Wm Nienkirk family. Carl Petersen and family visited Jens Andresen in Chadwick. A singer visited his sister Mrs Marvin Terrelt, a surgical patient in Morrison hospital. Visits to Hal Ashby at Argo Fay noted last Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Holesinger
Chicago
Mae Kustes
Amy Lewis
Catherine Dickinson
Clinton
Victor Roggendorf
Morrison
Gus Roggendorf
Henry An Zuiden
Helen Brenneman
Lawrence Holmquist
Hampton
Mervin Hall
Roy Heitman
Mervinarshall
James Nienkark
Wacker
Wm. Nienkirk
Carl Petersen
Jens Andresen
Chadwick
Marvin Terrelt
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Bolhous
Ferris
Clarence Bolhous
Insurance and Real Estate
Thomson, Ill
Wright Brothers
John Glenn
Sherman Ashby
Debbia Bailey
Magoo
Marken
Brazil
Mr. Johnston
Ray Bissens
Melton Electric
Olympic—Muntz TV
Clover Farm
U. S. No
Orthmann
Thomson News
Mac
Servisoft Pa
York
Review
Sam Bush
Dora Wiebenga
Barbara
Jerry Workman
Andrew Houzenga
Merle Bielema
Fred Miller
Riverview
Wes Cooper
Maude Brown
Harriet
Robert Carroll
Warren Nice
LeRoy Foltz
Ellsworth Nice
Gladys Cate
Merle Cate
Melvin Decker
Isaac Decker
Jackie
Vickie Brown
Lester Wolstenholm
Peoria
Clarence Imes
Fair Haven
Vernell Nixon
Farmer City
Harry Diehl
David
Jerry’s
Thomson, Illinois
Margaret S. Heusinkveld
Allied van Lines
Carstensen’s
Clinton, Lowa
Pillsbury Best
Agrico
Atherton Service
Boy
Clarence Vander
Bleek
Conoco
Diehl Oil Co
Marvin Schreiner
Carroll Service CO
Thomson Territory
Lee Ervin
Rath
Blackhawk
BACON
Wisconsin
Hills Bros. Coffee
Oscar Mayer
Wieners
Fulton, Illinois
Beater
Thomson State Bank
Federal Reserve System
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